Mercury 4 transcript starting at 00 00 07 00 on Spacelog

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00 00 07 00
Gus Grissom: Roger. I'm in reentry attitude.
00 00 07 05
Gus Grissom: Ah.
00 00 07 07
Alan Shepard: Roger, how does it look out the window now?
00 00 07 09
Gus Grissom: Ah, the sun is coming in and so all I can see really is just, ah, just darkness. The sky is very black.
00 00 07 14
Alan Shepard: Roger, you have some more time to look if you like.
00 00 07 27
Alan Shepard: 7 from Cap Com, how do you feel up there?
00 00 07 30
Gus Grissom: I feel very good, auto fuel is 90, manual is 50.
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00 00 07 33
Alan Shepard: Roger, 0.05 g in 10.
00 00 07 37
Gus Grissom: OK.
00 00 07 50
Gus Grissom: OK, everything is very good, ah.
00 00 07 54
Gus Grissom: I got 0.05 g and roll rate has started.
00 00 07 57
Alan Shepard: Roger.
00 00 08 03
Gus Grissom: Got a pitch rate in here, OK, g's are starting to build.
00 00 08 09
Alan Shepard: Roger, reading you loud and clear.
00 00 08 11
Gus Grissom: Roger, g's are building, we're up to 6.
00 00 08 17
Gus Grissom: There's 9.
00 00 08 19
Gus Grissom: There's about 10; the handle is out from under it; here I got a little pitch rate coming back down through 7.
00 00 08 32
Alan Shepard: Roger, still sound good.
00 00 08 34
Gus Grissom: OK, the altimeter is active at 65. There's 60.
00 00 08 38
Alan Shepard: Roger, 65,000.
00 00 08 42
Gus Grissom: Okay, I'm getting some contrails, evidently shock wave, 50,000 feet; I'm feeling good. I'm very good, everything is fine.
00 00 08 49
Alan Shepard: Roger, 50,000.
00 00 08 52
Gus Grissom: 45,000, do you still read?
00 00 08 54
Alan Shepard: Affirmative. Still reading you. You sound good.
00 00 09 00
Gus Grissom: OK, 40,000 feet, do you read?
00 00 09 07
Gus Grissom: 35,000 feet, if you read me.
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00 00 09 19
Gus Grissom: 30,000 feet, everything is good, everything is good.
00 00 09 24
Alan Shepard: Bell 7, this is Cap Com. How…
Unknown: Cape, do you read?
00 00 09 28
Gus Grissom: 25,000 feet.
00 00 09 36
Gus Grissom: Approaching drogue chute attitude.
00 00 09 41
Gus Grissom: There's the drogue chute. The periscope has extended.
00 00 09 45
Alan Shepard: This is…we have a green drogue here, 7 how do you read?
00 00 09 49
Gus Grissom: OK, we're coming down to 15,000 feet, if anyone reads. We're on emergency flow rate, can see out the periscope OK. The drogue chute is good.
Alan Shepard: Roger, understand drogue is good, the periscope is out.
00 00 10 05
Gus Grissom: There's 13,000 feet.
Alan Shepard: Roger.
00 00 10 14
Gus Grissom: There goes the main chute, it's reefed; main chute is good; main chute is good; rate of descent coming down, coming down to – there's 40 feet per second, 30 feet per, 32 feet per second on the main chute, and the landing bag is out green.
Unknown: Ah, it's better than it was, Chuck.
00 00 10 40
Gus Grissom: Hello, does anybody read Liberty Bell, main chute is good, landing bag is on green.
00 00 10 43
Alan Shepard: And the landing bag is on green.
00 00 10 45
ATS: Liberty Bell 7, Liberty Bell 7, this is Atlantic Ship Cap Com. Read you loud and clear. Our telemetry confirms your events. Over.
00 00 10 47
Gus Grissom: Ah, roger, is anyone reading Liberty Bell 7? Over.
00 00 10 48
Cardfile 23: Roger, Liberty Bell 7, reading you loud and clear. This is C 23. Over.
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Gus Grissom: Atlantic Ship Cap Com, this is Liberty Bell 7, how do you read me? Over.
00 00 11 07
ATS: Read you loud and clear. Over. Liberty Bell 7, Liberty Bell 7, this is Atlantic Ship Cap Com. How do you read me? Over.
00 00 11 12
Gus Grissom: Atlantic Ship Cap Com, this is Liberty Bell 7, I read you loud and clear. How, me? Over.
00 00 11 18
ATS: Roger, Bell 7, read you loud and clear, your status looks good, your systems look good, we confirm your events. Over.
00 00 11 28
Gus Grissom: Ah, roger, and confirm the fuel has dumped. Over.
00 00 11 35
ATS: Roger, confirm again, confirm again, has your auto fuel dumped? Over.

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